I hate to be the to pee on someone’s victory lap; but I have to speak out on this one.
Via Fox News Channel: (H/T to Hot Air)
Greg Gutfeld will host the new FOX News Channel program “The Greg Gutfeld Show.”
Gutfeld will continue to appear on “The Five” as he takes on his new gig as the solo host of the new, one-hour program.
“Every host of a new show likes to say they’re breaking new ground,” Gutfeld said in a press release. “So why should I be any different. This show will forever change the way you watch television, plus guests provide their own transportation.”
The new show will include parodies of current events and feature interviews with newsmakers, media personalities and culture critics.
Jazz Shaw says:
Greg is hilarious, with a proven track record for being sharp and witty. (You should be following him on Twitter if you don’t already.) I think Redeye missed out on a lot of the audience it might have garnered because of the odd time slot, while The Five has been a solid ratings performer. I have Greg’s latest book, Not Cool, and it lives up to his other work. There’s always a temptation to refer to Gutfeld as “the conservative Jon Stewart” but that really doesn’t do him justice. He tackles many of the same subjects and is a master of satire, but the “feel” of his work is distinctly different from The Daily Show. I’d expect that tradition to continue with his new show.
I guess the terms funny, witty and sharp are subjective terms. Because quite bluntly; and no, I am not joking at all — I do not find Greg Gutfield’s style of comedy funny at all. I feel it to be grade school yard sophomoric at best. I feel that Redeye is over-the-top silly.
Furthermore, comparing Greg Gutfield to Jon Stewart; would be like comparing Pope Francis to the late Baptist Pastor Jack Hyles. One is nothing like the other, at all. Jon Stewart pokes fun at both parties and point the absurdities with the political elite class in the United States. Greg Gutfeld is an unfunny, overrated, failure of a comedian, who lucked into a job at Fox News Channel and makes up unfunny stuff about people the network disagrees with politically. That is not comedy; that is Hitler-like propaganda dressed up in a comedic sketch.
Needless to say, he has a decent resume and being from a chosen, protected group helps too. But, as for comedy, Gutfeld doesn’t impress me a bit.